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November 3, 2008

Malbone Street Wreck's 90th Birthday

Malbone-1108.jpg This weekend, Flatbush Gardener took the time to commemorate New York City's worst transit disaster, known as the Malbone Street wreck, which occurred on November 1, 1918. "The wooden cars of the Brighton Beach line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (B.R.T.) company left the tracks, crashing inside the tunnel beneath the busy intersection where Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue and Malbone Street met," he writes. "The Malbone Street Wreck killed nearly 100 people and injured more than 250. Criminal trials and lawsuits arising from the accident dragged on for years." He also created a Google map with the names and addresses of the dead.
Photo from Flatbush Gardener.




Posted by lisa at 10:37 AM | Comments (4)
Categories: Historical, Transportation

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I believe Malbone Street was renamed Empire Blvd after this disaster.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at November 3, 2008 11:39 AM

That was what has always struck me about the accident, that it was so bad that the city felt compelled to change the street name so people wouldn't be constantly reminded of it.

Posted by: g man at November 3, 2008 12:05 PM

THER STILL IS A MALBONE ST.IN CROWN HEIGHTS.

IT IS 1 BLOCK LONG OFF NEW YORK AV.ACOSS THE 71 PRC.

Posted by: CROWNHEIGHTSER at November 3, 2008 12:32 PM

All correct. I added a link on my post to Kevin Walsh's (Forgotten New York) Franklin Avenue page, which provides more info and photos.

Posted by: Xris at November 3, 2008 1:29 PM

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